Sheer cliffs shot from the water’s edge straight up thousands of feet. Mere boat lengths from their craggy faces, the water depths dropped to 500 then […]
The Unparalleled Beauty of Cruising
Island Time
Exploring British Columbia’s Southern Gulf Islands and capital city offers solitude and a lively urban atmosphere (published August 2015) The strong southerly that had propelled us […]
Montague Harbor, Gulf Islands, British Columbia
48° 53’ N, 123° 23’ W (published March 2014) Sometimes the best anchorages are unexpected ones. The weather had been perfect for our cruise in Desolation […]
Victoria, British Columbia
48.4222° N, 123.3657° W (published February 2014) In Coasting, Jonathan Raban makes a distinction between continental people and island people. For most of us, the continental […]